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Miscellaneous: Operating Equipment & Practices

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A GWR circular detailing the proportion of smoking accommodation to be provided on each of its services

The Great Western Railway introduced additional smoking accommodation in its trains during 1930 with the object of meeting the requirements of the travelling public. The attached circular, given as an example, detailed the proportion of smoking accommodation to be provided on each service within Birmingham's local services (reflecting our Warwickshire theme). It will be noted that while all trains had a minimum of 50% smoking accommodation, this proportion was increased on local trains to 75%. See also 'misc_equip312' for an article detailing the history of smoking on trains and the labelling applied to compartment windows.

Robert Ferris

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